Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A woman with a serious heart condition said she was 'lucky' not to suffer a medical episode after coming face-to-face with a burglar on her stairs.
Martin Wilding has been jailed after breaking into a home in Willow Tree Close, Wigan, and stealing car keys, house keys, jewellery, two watches, a guitar, two iPhones and an electric toothbrush.
As he fled the house, he came face to face with homeowner Jacqui Wheatcroft. READ MORE : Love Island hit with 1,500 Ofcom complaints over contestant Danny Bibby from Wigan After asking who he was and what he was doing in her house, Wilding grunted and left through the front door.
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